Finngården Skifsen

About the museum

Skifsen is one of the six first settlements in Säfsen where the forest Finns settled around 1620. The Puuroinen Bure family dominated the place during the 1600s and into the 1700s, and it was inhabited until the mid-1940s, when the last farms were demolished and the land was planted with spruce. The spruce forest was felled in 2022.

Since 2005 the association Skifsens Vänner (Friends of Skifsen) has worked voluntarily to recreate a Finnish farm as it might have looked in the 1750s. They build with historical techniques and materials from the district. Today there is, among other things, a working smoke sauna, a cooking house with a stove, a smoke cabin with a smoke oven, inaugurated in 2017, a post storehouse (stolpbod), a barn and a drying shed (ria). A Swedish cottage (svenskstuga) was erected in 2022 and inaugurated during Skifsen Day in 2025.

The farm has been part of Ekomuseum Bergslagen since 2018. On site there is signposted information about the life of the forest Finns, and the association holds open days, guided tours and smoke sauna bathing for both the public and groups.

Highlights

• Smoke cabin with a smoke oven but no chimney
• Working smoke sauna with sauna bathing at events
• Swedish cottage inaugurated in 2025
• Signposted information on the forest Finns' settlement
• The Skifsenleden, a 22.5 km walking route from Fredriksberg

Founded

2005

Operated by

Skifsens Vänner (ideell förening)

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

From the car park it is about 300 metres on foot to the farm. Wheelchair accessibility is not stated.

Kids & families

On Skifsen Day, among other things, flatbread (tunnbröd) baking is arranged for children.

Getting there & parking

From Fredriksberg drive towards Gåsborn; after about 4 km there is a road sign to Finngården Skifsen. From there it is 8.5 km on a forest track to the car park. The Skifsenleden (22.5 km) starts at Säfsnäs hembygdsgård (Säfsnäs homestead museum) in Fredriksberg and passes the farm.

Amenities & dining

Coffee and simpler refreshments at events and for booked groups.

Events & venue rental

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